Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Foolishness Quotes

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may...

They can conquer who believe they can

They can conquer who believe they can

True love doesn't come to you, it has to be inside you.

True love doesn't come to you, it has to be inside you.

Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of...

Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of...

Learn from your past, work hard in the present and you will taste success in...

Learn from your past, work hard in the present and you will taste success in...